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commune in Pyrénées-Orientales, France
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Ur is a commune in France, situated within the Pyrénées-Orientales department and the French Cerdagne region. It lies in the Occitanie region and is part of the arrondissement of Prades. The municipality has an area of 6.79 square kilometers and is located at an elevation of 1,540 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 66760.
The commune shares borders with Llívia, Puigcerdà, Bourg-Madame, and Enveitg. It is located next to the riu d'Angostrina. According to available data, the population is 382, comprising 175 males and 188 females. Another source lists the population as 337. The associated electoral district is the canton of Pyrénées catalanes.
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Occitania
- Department
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Arrondissement
- Prades
- Canton
- Les Pyrénées catalanes
- Intercommunality
- Pyrénées Cerdagne
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Francis Gantou
- Area
- 6.79 km (2.62 sq mi)
- Density
- 56.3/km (146/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 66218 /66760
- Elevation
- 1,155–1,540 m (3,789–5,052 ft) , (avg. 1,250 m or 4,100 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Ur
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Prades
- Population
- 382
- Area
- 6.79
- Elevation
- 1270
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
- Official website
- www.ville-ur.fr
- Image
- Ur eg5.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ur (Pyrénées-Orientales)
- postal code
- 66760
- associated electoral district
- canton of Pyrénées catalanes
- male population
- 175
- female population
- 188
- P8168
- Ilsenburg House
- different from
- UR
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-68-04-82-91
- fax number
- +33-4-68-04-94-41
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|200px|A Mandaean house of worship in central Nasiriyah. Nasiriyah was founded in 1872 and became a major center of trade in Ottoman Iraq. The areas around the city is the ancestral home of many Mandaeans, an ethnoreligious group that were probably the first to practice baptism and are the last surviving Gnostics from antiquity. Today, only a few hundred families remain.
See
There is a called The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities. "Ahwar" translates as "marshland" and the region is listed partly for the wetlands flora and fauna. However, the listing also includes several cities of ancient Sumer. thumb|300px|Ruins of Ur.
Do
The amusement park in Nasiriyah.
Go next
The ruins of the ancient cities of Ur and Larsa are located nearby.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ur ( French: [yʁ] ; Catalan: Ur, [ur]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Toponymy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.